Jurgen Klopp channels Rocky in praise of Aaadriaaan!

Liverpool claimed the Super Cup for the fourth time in their history by eventually seeing off Chelsea on penalties.

In the absence of injured Alisson Becker, Adrian proved to be the Reds' shootout hero, with the goalkeeper parrying away Tammy Abraham's meek spot kick to win the tie and his first trophy with his new club -- just nine days after joining them on a free transfer.

Fan's one-man mission to get answers from Cristiano Ronaldo

Safe to say that Cristiano Ronaldo hasn't made many friends in South Korea this summer after failing to appear in highly-publicised friendly game last month.

Ronaldo remained on the bench as Juventus hammered out a 3-3 draw against a K-League select team in Seoul, disappointing the thousands of fans who had flocked to see the Portuguese forward and even leading to the K-League to brand his Italian club "shameless" and "liars."

Kwak Ji-Hyuk boarded a plane and flew to Sweden to confront Ronaldo as the Juve entourage arrived at a Stockholm hotel ahead of last week's International Champions Cup fixture.

Holding a sign hand-written in Portuguese, Kwak called out to Ronaldo as he made his way through the lobby, even shouting in English, "Why didn't you play in Korea?".

The video of the largely one-sided encounter was subsequently posted on Kwak's Youtube channel and quickly amassed over three million views.

According to various reports, Kwak now intends to fly on to Italy next month to harangue Ronaldo once again until he gets an suitable explanation from the man he used to idolise.

Best of luck with that.

A-League quits football to pursue hip hop career

Having worked so hard to get there, it's not often that professional footballers abandon their careers until they absolutely have too, when the knees start creaking and the legs won't allow it anymore.

The Club can confirm that Joey Champness is set to remain in the United States to pursue opportunities in music indefinitely, but an agreement is in place which could see him return to the Jets #MadeOfNewcastle

Champness (who raps under the name "JOWIC" -- pronounced "Joey C") signed a distribution deal with Creative Music Group last month and has missed the Jets' 2019-20 preseason to meet with various producers in Los Angeles.

"We allowed Joey to head to the United States to pursue a dream in music at the start of last month," Newcastle chief executive Lawrie McKinna said. "He's made inroads in the business and the opportunity to remain in L.A. to chase those dreams is one that's too big for him to pass up."

Champness recently signed a new three-year deal with the Jets but will still spend the next 12 months pursuing his musical career in the US, meaning he will miss the entire A-League season.

"I wouldn't be doing this if I wasn't convinced that there's something out there," Champness told the Sydney Morning Herald. "It's not a normal situation, that's for sure. I've got a lot of love for the Newcastle Jets and a lot of respect for everyone on that team.

"I'm contracted there for the next three years, so it's an honour to be given that sort of opportunity and trust from the club in that sense as well."